© Entomologica Fennica. 23 November 2001 Salix aurita — the correct food plant for Euura cinereae Kopelke, 1996 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) Heikki Roininen, Jorma Tahvanainen, Veli Vikberg & Alexey Zinovjev Roininen, H., Tahvanainen, J., Vikberg, V. & Zinovjev, A. 2001: Salix aurita — the correct food plant for Euura cinereae Kopelke, 1996 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae). — Entomol. Fennica 12: 129–130. There is new evidence that the food plant for the Finnish population of Euura cinereae Kopelke, 1996 was misidentified. The correct food plant is Salix aurita L. Spindle-shaped stem galls on S. aurita caused by a species of the Euura atra-group are not infrequent in Northern and Central Europe. Their presence on Salix cinerea L. needs further confirmation. Heikki Roininen, University of Joensuu, P.O. Box 111, FIN-80101 Joensuu, Finland; E-mail: heikki.roininen@joensuu.fi Jorma Tahvanainen, University of Joensuu, P.O. Box 111, FIN-80101 Joensuu, Finland; E-mail: jorma.tahvanainen@joensuu.fi Veli Vikberg, Liinalammintie 11 as. 6, FIN-14200 Turenki, Finland; E-mail:
[email protected].fi Alexey Zinovjev, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg, 199034, Russia; E-mail:
[email protected] Received 30 April 2001, accepted 5 June 2001 1. Introduction 2. The collecting site The stem galling sawfly Euura cinereae Kopelke The collecting site in the Joensuu University cam- was described from eastern Finland from speci- pus was repeatedly examined in spring, summer, mens reared by Heikki Roininen (Kopelke 1996). and autumn of 1999–2000. The site constitutes a These specimens had been previously identified healthy natural pine stand on partly moist soil with as Euura atra L., and their host plant as Salix ci- a rich understorey that includes birch, alder, moun- nerea L.